Thinking about all the reasons we have for praising our LORD.

Names To All

Our names are special. They point to us as an individual — separate, of value, and different from others. We are not just an unidentifiable, unimportant, meaningless object. There probably aren’t that many people who know us in our sphere of being — but what is utterly amazing is that God Almighty intimately knows each and every one of us. He knows our thoughts, intentions, every movement, and how many hairs are on our heads.

That’s a lot of information to know when one considers how many people are in this world. Our puny minds can forget someone’s name in a very short time — but God never forgets anything about any of us.

To add to that, Psalm 147:4 tells us even more about God’s knowledge and care. It says,

He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

The Hebrew word for “counts” includes the idea of God having determined just how many stars there should be — their size, orbit, and every other aspect of their being. Then — “He gives names to all of them”. He didn’t just name the largest, most influential ones. God gave “names to all of them”. Everyone is important in God’s eyes — just like each of us.

That’s important to remember when we’re down-in-the-dumps about the stuff going on in our lives. This creation is so vast, far beyond our wildest imagination. And yet God, our Creator, highly values every single aspect of it.

That is good reason to say, “Hallelujah! LORD God, thank You for always caring for each and every one of us.”